AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - LICENSING OF HEALTH CARE FACILITIES (Requires all hospitals and freestanding ambulatory surgical facilities to adopt policies to use a smoke evacuation system for surgical procedures that generate surgical smoke.)
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2018
Committee Review
May 2018
House Passage
Mar 2018
Senate Passage
May 2018
Signed into Law
Jun 2018
Introduced Jan 10, 2018
Signed Jun 4, 2018
Floor votes · House Mar 14, 2018
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
14
Key actions
6
Committee
4
Jun 4, 2018
Signed into law
06/04/2018 Signed by Governor
executive
May 30, 2018
Legislature · Passed
05/30/2018 Senate passed in concurrence
legislature
May 24, 2018
Legislature · Passed
05/24/2018 Committee recommends passage in concurrence
legislature
Mar 27, 2018
Committee
03/27/2018 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services
legislature
Mar 14, 2018
Lower · Passed
03/14/2018 House read and passed
lower
Feb 28, 2018
Legislature · Passed
02/28/2018 Committee recommends passage
legislature
Feb 14, 2018
Legislature · Passed
02/14/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Jan 10, 2018
Introduced
01/10/2018 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W.
lower
5 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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